Change license to MIT license

Further commits will need a Signed-off-by line, otherwise I cannot accept them.
MIT license is compatible with GPL so we still can switch to GPL in the future
if we want.

Signed-off-by: David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>

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diff --git a/COPYING b/COPYING
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+= Copyright Notice =
+
+This software is licensed under the terms of the MIT license. Please see each
+source file for the related copyright notice and license.
+
+If the file does not contain a copright notice, the following license shall
+apply:
+
+	Copyright (c) 2011 David Herrmann <dh.herrmann@googlemail.com>
+	Copyright (c) 2011 University of Tuebingen
+
+	Permission is hereby granted, free of charge, to any person obtaining
+	a copy of this software and associated documentation files
+	(the "Software"), to deal in the Software without restriction, including
+	without limitation the rights to use, copy, modify, merge, publish,
+	distribute, sublicense, and/or sell copies of the Software, and to
+	permit persons to whom the Software is furnished to do so, subject to
+	the following conditions:
+
+	The above copyright notice and this permission notice shall be included
+	in all copies or substantial portions of the Software.
+
+	THE SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED "AS IS", WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESS
+	OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE WARRANTIES OF
+	MERCHANTABILITY, FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE AND NONINFRINGEMENT.
+	IN NO EVENT SHALL THE AUTHORS OR COPYRIGHT HOLDERS BE LIABLE FOR ANY
+	CLAIM, DAMAGES OR OTHER LIABILITY, WHETHER IN AN ACTION OF CONTRACT,
+	TORT OR OTHERWISE, ARISING FROM, OUT OF OR IN CONNECTION WITH THE
+	SOFTWARE OR THE USE OR OTHER DEALINGS IN THE SOFTWARE.